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81 dust and ashes
прах и тлен, тлен и суета (выражает горькое разочарование, мысль о ничтожности, бренности, недолговечности чего-л.) [этим. библ. Genesis XVIII, 27]Hate him she did not quite; but he was dust and ashes to her, and even for her name's sake she scarcely wished to marry him. (Th. Hardy, ‘Tess of the d'Urbervilles’, ch. XII) — Ненависти к нему она, в сущности, не питала; но для нее он был пустым местом, и даже ради спасения своего доброго имени она вряд ли согласилась бы выйти за него замуж.
But be sure of this, Count Stylptich will be remembered long after you and I are dust and ashes. (A. Christie, ‘The Secret of Chimneys’, ch. 1) — Можешь не сомневаться, графа Стилптича будут помнить еще долго после того, как ты и я превратимся в прах и тлен.
You said to me once that life without me was dust and ashes to you... (A. Christie, ‘Sparkling Cyanide’, book I, ch. I) — Однажды ты мне сказал, что жизнь без меня бессмысленна и пуста...
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82 rise from one's ashes
возрождаться из пепла, обновляться [подобно фениксу] см. тж. rise like a Phoenix from the ashesMany towns have risen from the ashes in the Soviet Union since the war. — После войны в Советском Союзе многие города буквально возродились из пепла.
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83 dust and ashes
пpax и тлeн, тлeн и cуeтa (выpaжaeт гopькoe paзoчapoвaниe, мыcль o ничтoжнocти, бpeннocти, нeдoлгoвeчнocти чeгo-л.) [этим. библ.]Hate him she did not quite; but he was dust and ashes to her, and even for her name's sake she scarcely wished to marry him (Th. Hardy). But be sure of this, Count Styptich will be remembered long after you and I are dust and ashes (A. Christie). You said to me once that life without me was dust and ashes to you (A Christie) -
84 (as) white as ashes
(as) pale as a ghost (as a muffin; as a sheet; as death) [тж. (as) white as a sheet (as ashes; as death, a ghost)] блідий як полотно, як смерть, як стіна (as) white as a sheet (as ashes, as death) білий як папір, як біль, як полотно, як стінаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) white as ashes
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85 rake over the ashes
rake over the ashes/coals ворошить прошлоеThere is no point in raking over the ashes now, you did what you thought was right at the time.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > rake over the ashes
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86 burn to ashes
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87 turn to dust and ashes
розлететься в пух и прахAfter the exams all my hopes to enter the university turned to dust and ashes.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > turn to dust and ashes
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88 peace to his ashes!
(peace to his ashes! (тж. may he rest in peace!))‘Didn't your first husband die?’ ‘No, my second, peace be to his ashes...’ (J..Steinbeck, ‘The Winter of Our Discontent’, part I, ch. I) — - Ваш первый муж, кажется, умер? - Нет, второй, мир праху его...
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89 rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
Within ten days he had half-filled a notebook with metrical expressions of despairing love. Then a bright idea rose like a phoenix from these ashes of misery. He wrote Diana a long, not to say poetic, letter, which would have left the most obtuse reader with no doubt about his sentiments. (R. Aldington, ‘Rejected Guest’, ch. 18) — За десять дней Дэвид исписал половину записной книжки стихами, в которых выражалась его безнадежная любовь. Но тут его осенила блестящая идея, родившаяся как феникс из пепла. Он написал Диане длинное, можно сказать, поэтическое письмо, которое даже у самого тупого читателя не оставило бы сомнения в его чувствах.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
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90 rise (like a phoenix) from the ashes
вoccтaть (cлoвнo фeникc) из пeплa, вoзpoдитьcя, oбнoвлятьcяThe politician, showing no signs of disappointment at losing the election, promised that his party would quickly rise from the ashes of defeat. You're the only one here with the slightest grip. You've risen up like a phoenix from the ashes of your pride. It's quite, quite excellent - and infinitely pathetic W. Coward)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > rise (like a phoenix) from the ashes
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91 burn to ashes
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92 wood ashes
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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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95 sackcloth and ashes
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99 to turn to dust and ashes
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100 be burnt to ashes
be burnt to ashes
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Ashes — The Ashes ist ein zweimal in vier Jahren stattfindender Cricket Länderkampf zwischen Australien und England. Er besteht meist aus fünf Tests und wird abwechselnd jeweils im lokalen Sommer in den beiden Ländern ausgetragen. Die Ashes gelten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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ashes — n. 1) to rake; spread ashes 2) to reduce to ashes 3) (misc.) to rise from the ashes * * * [ æʃɪz] spread ashes (misc.) to rise from the ashes to rake to reduce to ashes … Combinatory dictionary
